The phenomenon

In the year of its golden anniversary, we bring you ten snappy facts about the classic film

Summer 1975 was a glorious time to be young on the Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard. “We had the beaches to ourselves – nobody else wanted to go in the water, not even a lot of people who’d l

WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO...

The more fins change, the more they stay the same. Intentionally or not, Steven Spielberg created the modern Hollywood blockbuster in June 1975 when his stressful creature feature Jaws became a phenom

Fifty years on from Jaws , was Steven Spielberg the movie’s real style icon?

The setting sun illuminates the rippling waves of a dark and fathomless ocean. A young woman confidently swims out from the shore to where a buoy bobs up and down serenely. ‘Come on in the water!’ she